The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-04-28
DESTROYED.
A Kansas Village Wrecked by a
Cyclone - Much Loss OF
Life and Property.
list of -Ravages OF the
Storm IN Bolivar County,
Mississippi.

Fonr SCOTT. Ks April pa Monitor special
from Prescott, in this county, reports terrible
cvclone on Thursday evening. There were seven
tsen killed at different poiots throughout the
county, and an ipcalculable amount OF damage
done to all kinds OF property Prescott was lil'
ally wiped out OF existence, not single building
being left standinc Hail fell all overtime county,
some stones measuring thirteen inches In circunl'
ference.
LIST OF CASUALTIES.
ST. LOUIS, April q. -Dispatches from fresc0''
give the following list of casualties from 'ne y
clone Ito
The killed are afteen, namely: Constable JAKE
Stephens, win McIIa!e, Mrs. Sarah Cfohe'
1slvrn and three children, Jacob Breach and wle,
N,s Richard Hardness, Mrs, Douglass wafer anu
infant an infant Of 5. =. Dennlng, one OF jos
Duncan and A elk -year-old child OF Will hcnSle'
The seriously injured are: Jim Waldrldge' 10
Horn. G. ,orge White, j. g. Kinsey, VIM camp
bell a.,
On the farm of Richard Hardness he, with his
,ieo sonr Children, ahd Miss Minnieck, OF OAK
woods, III, visiting the family we're In the mousse
The building was taken no bodily, carried ~
yards and dropped In tho orchard. All occupants
we're hurt very seriously, and Mrs.! darkness
Killed Itis reported several persons we're killed
In Blue Mound.
Every farm house in the path OF the storm was
de,nollsbed. and every house in Prescott was
rrined Four miles from Prescott Mr. fllnn
I'm. rssidence WAS mashed Hat, and Mrs. Finn and
three small children MORALLY injured. Two Wis.
,ora ,yara danperously hurt Jacob Brock aud
wife and one son, WIN. Mcholu anu "no "H0
chile, were fatally injured
few miles from this scene W. S. Bogart, Mrs
NJ. Olell, Mr. Hogan, wife and TWO chlluren' hau
taken refuge In storm cellar, when eight cows
fall on them through the roof and all were severe
" injured WIN. Browningburgs family fouhd
refuge in storm cave, while their 5000 was scat
tered over the fields.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
Ten miles southwest of Prescott Mrs. SaTah
Crone was killed, and her 1amiy inJuigu DSsn tu
crushinr of the honse. In "A distance OF twenty /,
t,yn milea only one house 10 known 10 nave sloou
the rtorm. n G. Trip, of Kansas Guy, was
standing in the doorway OF Mshoy %, 9rosn tYss
dsstoyed lie was killed. The few buildings lett
standing In PRESCOTT are stuck tull OF umOer' w.
r.. Undprwoods residence and the MethoulsI
church. W. II Billlngsly's harness store, ferklns
,neat market and the Pre5c, It house are among
the buildings destroyed , ,...,,,, ,,,, milan
north OF Prescott was blown down, anu ara Inown
persons injured Seventeen persons ate n.T gT,u
10 have been killed in Linn county, and about hi'y
severely wounded. ,,-,,-,s.-.-,, ,,,,o,,,
In b jurbon county d. j Fields farm was swept
claar an buildings and live stock. The Mills taml-
" was nearly extermnated; Two children rather aT
aud mother we're killed. Their aelce ana cnl,u
we're found barely alive, but VIII soon recover
TIE stone residence of Samuel Coles was razed
to the ground 49, ,.,,. a,,,,.,,,od
In Anderson county the cy lone badly damaged
AZ Blue NJ iund, town of 900 inhabitants,
twenty houses were wrecked and two persons Were
kIlleu' Joseph Duncln's house was hurled away
in the midst OF wsdding, but the party tound
refuge in the cellar and were not injured; .,
special from Greenvlile, MISS says .na' seI
tlon Vas yisitsd BY terrible thunde' storm, t0l-
lowed by heavy hail that killed livestock, ana IN
iured many coored parsons; u,,.
In Bolivar county, Misc, the town or huntins
ton was ne.rl, demo ished The new hotel, hoo
ertson's store and dwelling are wrecks Mr., Dtn
sons residence and several negro canins %ei'
crushed and the debris blown several hundred
Yards